Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth:
Graven Image of a Snake(seraph).
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After leaving Egypt, the Israelites traveled to Mount Sinai. Exodus 19:1 records their arrival:
בחדש השלישי לצאת בני־ישראל מארץ מצרים ביום הזה באו מדבר סיני
Apparently this date can be understood differently:
On the third new moon after…
Moses had gone up the mountain several times prior to the golden calf incident and the giving of the new set of tablets without any mention of his face being radiant.
Exodus 19:3,7 NIV
3 Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to hi…
The late-Exodus theory places the Exodus sometime during Ramesses II’s reign(c. 1290-1224). This theory identifies the archaeological 1230 BC destruction of Hazor with Joshua’s attack on the site. It appears, however, that Hazor wasn’t reb…
How could Miriam speak to, let alone get close to the Princess in Exodus 2:7?
Ex 2:7 – Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and
call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
This is how the fourth plague is described in Exodus chapter 8:20-21
(טז) וַיֹּאמֶר יְדֹוָד אֶל משֶׁה הַשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר וְהִתְיַצֵּב
לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה הִנֵּה יוֹצֵא הַמָּיְמָה וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר
יְדֹוָד שַׁלַּח עַמִּי וְיַעַבְד…
Exodus 33:20 (DRB):
And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
Did Moses say that he wants to “see the Face of the LORD” or he wants to “see the LORD”?
The LORD says in verse 20:
Thou canst…
In Jeremiah 34:14, we read that a Hebrew slave which has served six years must be let go at the end of the seventh year:
Jer 34:14:
מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים תְּֽשַׁלְּחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו הָעִבְרִי אֲשֶֽׁר־יִמָּכֵר לְךָ וַעֲבָֽדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁ…
In Exodus 19, God describes a number of preparations that Moses should make before He will ascend to the top of Mount Sinai. One of them is to cordon off an area around the mountain:
You shall set bounds for the people round about, sayin…
According to Numbers 1:20-46 (NJPS):
They totaled as follows:
The descendants of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, head by head, all males aged twenty years and ov…
1.The Nile turned to blood: "The river is blood. If one drinks from it, one rejects (it) as human and thirsts for water."
Frogs: "Frogs were throughout the land. Even the palace was filled with frogs. When they struck the v…
This question is prompted by a question in which "software piracy" and copyright issues come up. (See: What’s Christians take on pirating authors books, software, movies etc?)
Some suppose that the commandment refers to stealing …